Installing

Requirements

• Python 2.6-2.7, or Python 3.3-3.6
• libmemcached 1.0.8 or later (latest tested is 1.0.18)
• zlib (required for compression support)
• libsasl2 (required for authentication support)

Building

Like any Python package, use setup.py:

$ python setup.py install --with-libmemcached=/opt/local

You only need to specify --with-libmemcached if libmemcached is not available on your C compiler’s include and library path. This is the case if you use MacPorts or something like that.

So for example, if one were to use MacPorts to install libmemcached, your libmemcached would end up in /opt/local, hence --with-libmemcached=/opt/local.

From PyPI

Using pip you can pass install options as follows:

pip install pylibmc --install-option="--with-libmemcached=/usr/local/"

Using Homebrew (MacOSX) you can install from PyPI via:

brew install libmemcached
pip install pylibmc --install-option="--with-libmemcached=/usr/local/Cellar/libmemcached"